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O1-5 Digital tools for physical activity assessment and brief counselling in Pr...
Silva, CS; Silva, MN; Godinho, CA; Mendes, R; Teixeira, PIssue/problem Implementation of national systems for patients' physical activity (PA) assessment and counselling is a cost-effective strategy recommended in the WHO Global Action Plan for PA 2018-2030. Although Primary Health Care (PHC) professionals are recognized as key agents for PA promotion, challenges remain on how to develop feasible and scalable tools to support them in promoting patients' PA. The Portu...
Predictors of physical activity promotion in clinical practice: a cross-section...
Silva, CS; Mendes, R; Godinho, C; Monteiro-Pereira, A; Pimenta-Ribeiro, J; Martins, HS; Brito, J; Themudo-Barata, JL; Fontes-Ribeiro, C; Teixeira, PJBackground: Physical activity is a major determinant of physical and mental health. International recommendations identify health professionals as pivotal agents to tackle physical inactivity. This study sought to characterize medical doctors’ clinical practices concerning the promotion of patients’ physical activity, while also exploring potential predictors of the frequency and content of these practices, inc...
O3-2 Evaluation of implementation and impact of a national mass media campaign ...
Silva, MN; Godinho, C; Salavisa, M; Silva, CS; Santos, R; Mendes, R; Owen, K; Teixeira, P; Bauman, ABackground Portugal has one of the highest rates of physical inactivity in Europe. To raise the profile of physical activity (PA) among adults, the Portuguese National Physical Activity Promotion Program of the Directorate-General of Health developed and implemented a national mass media campaign in 2019 named ?Follow the Whistle?. The campaign was based on social marketing principles and behavior change theory...
Assessment of Good Practices in Community-Based Interventions for Physical Acti...
Franco, S; Godinho, C; Silva, CS; Avelar-Rosa, B; Santos, R; Mendes, R; Silva, MNTools to identify good practices in the design, implementation, and evaluation of physical activity community-based interventions (PACIs) are key to address the physical inactivity pandemic. Existing tools tend to be extensive and with limited applicability to assess small-scale PACIs. This work aimed to report the development and preliminary validity results of a simple, practical, and user-friendly tool to ev...
Towards an in-depth understanding of physical activity and eating behaviours du...
Silva, MN; Gregório, Maria João; Santos, R; Marques, A; Rodrigues, B; Godinho, C; Silva, CS; Mendes, R; Graça, Pedro; Arriaga, M; Freitas, G<jats:p>Rapid worldwide decreases in physical activity (PA), an increase in sedentary behaviour (SB) and poorer dietary patterns have been reported during COVID-19 confinement periods. However, as national variability has been observed, this study sought to describe PA, SB and eating patterns, and to explore their gender as well as other socio-demographic correlates and how they interrelate in a representative ...
"Follow the Whistle: Physical Activity Is Calling You": Evaluation of Implement...
Silva, MN; Godinho, C; Salavisa, M; Owen, K; Santos, R; Silva, CS; Mendes, R; Teixeira, PJ; Freitas, G; Bauman, ATo raise perceived capability (C), opportunity (O) and motivation (M) for physical activity (PA) behaviour (B) among adults, the Portuguese Directorate-General of Health developed a mass media campaign named “Follow the Whistle”, based on behaviour change theory and social marketing principles. Comprehensive formative and process evaluation suggests this media-led campaign used best-practice principles. The cam...